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Re: Gear box tunnel padding

To: Keith Burns <kayak_keith@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: Gear box tunnel padding
From: mgx@spruce.lsd.ornl.gov
Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1999 10:18:40 -0400
keith ...

you know i prowled around various auto parts places and no one had
anything to offer for insulation. i figured someone would have some
sort of firewall insulation that would work but i came up with nada.

i was halfway thinking i'd glue some real heavy aluminum foil ontop 
of the minicell to help with the heat, but i did not think about the
hyrocarbons being a problem. i'll gunkup some minicell tonight and
see how it stands up to gas/grease/oil ...

thanks for the heads up!

-- michael

On Tue, Apr 20, Keith Burns wrote:
> Woa there mike,
> Uh have you done any tests? I am a whitewater kayaker myself and am 
> not sure that I would do that with out a bit of scientific method 
> before hand. Get a little scrap foam supmit it to some oil and some 
> gasoline and be sure it is not reactive to that. There is also the 
> high heat issue. What temp does the kayak foam handle?
> Check it out first in the oven or somewhere that you can be sure that 
> 300 or so degrees (just a guess) is cool with the foam. There are a 
> ton of comercial insulations out there that do exactly what you want 
> and are made for cars. Here is a web site you could check out about 
> one manufacturers offerings. (opps, the web address is on my computer 
> at work I'll e it to ya later today)  You don't want to mess up your 
> new cool tunnel.
> My two cents,
> Keith
> Low miles 71 MK IV with origonal cardboard tunnel and intact foamy 
> stuff with plastic wrap.
> 
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